Unity Hip Hop {Jan 13th} + a Giveaway!

This is my second post of the day.

For the Pink Cat Studio Valentine Release,

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Hello, hello! Be sure to start at the Unity Blog so you don't miss anything. Today we're celebrating the fact that itty bittys are now available at the Unity Store! You no longer have to find a retailer who carries them. How great is that? For today's post, I used the only itty bitty available to me at the moment, Oh Joy, to create these love tags. They could be used for Valentine's Day gifts or just about anything!

I started by die cutting the tags and flowers. Then I lightly distressed the edges of the tags. I stamped the brown flowers with the tree from Oh Joy in white ink, the red flowers with the word joy from Oh Joy in brown ink, and the coral flowers with the hearts border from Fly Free in red ink. You can see what the flowers and tags looked like before assembly.

I added washi tape to the tag before attaching the flowers and then added bling to the centres. The intricate border stamped along the top is from With All My Heart and the sentiment is from Happy Everything. When I was finished, I punched holes for the ribbon and tied bows with two colours of baker's twine from The Twinery!

See those three spools of American Crafts ribbon? To celebrate Valentine's Day and also the fact that I surpassed 100 followers over the holidays (WOW!), I'm having a small giveaway! There will be more giveaways in the coming months but this is what I have right now. One lucky commenter on this post will win this little stack of ribbon. Just be sure that you're also a follower! I will select the winner via Random.org and announce the winner on my Friends With Flair post tomorrow. Thank you all for making this blog so much fun!

Now it's time to Hip Hop on over
to Julie's amazing blog!

Sources: GinaK pure luxury Kraft cardstock; SU Early Espresso, Real Red & Cameo Coral cardstock; Unity+Samantha Walker With All My Heart; Unity Happy Everything; Unity itty bitty Oh Joy; Unity June 2010 Kit of the Month - Fly Free; Hero Hues Snow Chalk ink; SU Crumb Cake & Riding Hood Red ink; Memento Rich Cocoa ink; Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink; Ranger Distressing Tool; Craft Y+L Oldbook washi tape purchased from PrettyTape; Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Four; Papertrey Ink Beautiful Blooms II #2 Die Collection; QuicKutz Epic Six; paper piercer; SU silver brads; SU Basic Rhinestones; Scor-Tape; standard hand-held hole punch; AC 2009 Valentine ribbon; The Twinery baker's twine in Maraschino & Cappuccino